"This is the only exit in the village that's not guarded at night," Sakura said, getting Sasuke to stop. "I knew if you were going to leave…all I would have to do was wait here."
"Get out of here and go back to sleep Sakura," Sasuke said.
Sakura began to sniff and cry as she turned her head to look at him, "Why won't you say anything to me? Why do you always keep so quiet? You never say a single word to me…"
Sasuke sighed, not even sure why he was talking to her, maybe it was because even if she was annoying, she was still his teammate… and friend. "I told you; I don't need your help, don't try to look after me."
As Sasuke began to walk again Sakura looked down and gave a sad smile as a few tears dropped from her chin and onto the ground. "No matter what I do; you'll always hate me won't you. You remember, don't you?"
"…" Sasuke did not turn around but he did stop moving.
"When we became genin, the day our three man squad was assigned," Sakura remembered, after beating on Naruto again she had found Sasuke on his way back to the class room. "The first time we were here, by ourselves…you were so mad at me…"
She remembered how she had berated Naruto in front of Sasuke for being an idiot because he did not have any parents.
Flashback….
"Can you believe that baka Naruto? He's always causing problems for me and trying to mess things up. It's because he wasn't raised right. He just says whatever pops into his head because he doesn't know what it's like to be punished on a personal level. It's all because he doesn't have parents."
"You think he…"
"Think about it! He doesn't have anyone to answer to, never has, which is why he's become so selfish! If I tried to do the things he gets away with I would be grounded for life, so of course I don't do them! Without parents it's the only possible outcome that one becomes an idiot!"
"…Alone…"
"What?"
"Being scolded by parents is nothing. You can't possibly compare it. Even Naruto knows what can't be escaped in this world. Emptiness. Isolation."
"W-what are you saying!"
"You're annoying."
Flashback end…
Sasuke did remember that conversation. It had been one of the few times he had realized that there was someone who might understand at least some of his pain. Not that he was going to let Sakura know that, "I don't remember that."
Sakura looked wide eyed for a moment, before she looked back down, "Hahaha…yeah, I guess you're right, that was all in the past huh? That's when it all began though, you, me and Naruto, along with Kakashi-sensei."
Sakura smiled as she remembered some of the things they had done, "We did all sorts of missions, just the four of us. It was painful and difficult at times, even with that though, I still enjoyed it."
She looked up at the young Uchiha avenger's back, "I know all about your past Sasuke, but even if you get your revenge…it won't bring anyone happiness, not even you Sasuke…nor me."
Sasuke smirked as his hair cast a shadow that covered his eyes, "I know that already. However I'm different from all of you, I can't be following the same path as you guys. Up until recently we've done everything as a group. But there are some things that I can only accomplish by myself that I must accomplish by myself. Deep inside my heart I've already decided on revenge, that is the only reason I live. I'll never be like you or Naruto."
Sakura bit her lip as more tears began to form in her eyes, "Do you really want to go back to being alone? You told me how painful it was to be alone! Right now I know you're in pain! I may have friends and family, but if you were to leave…" Sakura closed her eyes as more tears began streaming down her face, "If you were to leave, I would be just as alone as you!"
Sasuke did not even turn around to look at her, in the end she didn't matter. All that did was him getting enough power to kill Itachi, "From here on out, we all begin new paths."
"I…" Sakura grit her teeth, "I love you! If you were to stay with me, I would make sure you never regretted a single moment of it! Because every day we'd do something fun, we'd be happy, I swear! I would do anything for you! So please…just stay with me!"
"I'll even help you get your revenge," Sakura sniffed as she tried to stop crying, "Even though I don't know what I could do, but I'll try my best to do something. So please, stay with me…or take me with you if you can't stay here."
Sasuke stayed still for several seconds before turning around with a smirk on his face, "you really are annoying."
Sakura's eyes widened and she looked up just in time to see him turn around, "Don't leave! If you do I'll scream!"
Her eyes widened when Sasuke disappeared.
"Sakura," the voice came from behind her, "Thank you."
Her eyes widened even more, before she felt a quick prick on her neck and everything went black.
Naruto and five hundred clones were standing atop a bridge made of sandstone as they all worked on cutting shapes out of the waterfall. It had been over a month since Naruto had been here, during the first two weeks he had managed to cut the waterfall in half. After that his training would have been complete; however like always Naruto was determined to take his elemental training to the next level, doing the same exercises he had done with the leaf exercise.
For a moment the blond reflected on how odd it was to see a waterfall in the middle of a desert, much less the ten waterfalls that were around him. He was in an underground cavern under the desert on the outskirts of Suna. Apparently this place was fed by several rivers that had tunneled underground and traveled along Suna as a naturally made canal. He remembered the first time Temari had led him here and how amazed he had been to see something like this in the middle of the desert.
The waterfall he was on now was the largest one, spanning about fifty feet in width. He and the clones combined their wind natured chakra and began creating a shape, working together as the water from the fall began to gain a line in it that curved along and moved. At the same time he kept a constant stream of wind chakra to areas he had already cut. The line grew larger and larger as the shape began to get more and more complex, eventually taking the shape of the Konoha leaf symbol. He could not do anything more complex than that right now, but he was getting better with time. Sighing, he wiped off the sweat and water that had gotten on his face when a voice spoke up behind him.
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